# Andy Lau filmography

This is the filmography of Hong Kong singer, actor and film producer Andy Lau.

## Career summary

Lau made his film acting debut in a supporting role the 1981 film, Once Upon a Rainbow and his television acting debut in an episode of the 1981 RTHK series, Til We Meet Again, in the leading role of "Dragon". The following year, Lau played a major role in director Ann Hui's Boat People, which earned him a Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer nomination, as well as starring in the TVB series, The Emissary, which shot him to stardom. In 1983, Lau starred as "Yeung Kuo" in The Return of the Condor Heroes, which was the top rated TV series of the year in Hong Kong, further boosting his popularity throughout Asia, and landed him the opportunity to star in his first leading film role in the action drama film, On the Wrong Track in the same year. Lau left TVB in 1985 to fully concentrate in his film career and starring in multiple box office hits before earning his first Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor nomination for his role in the 1988 film, As Tears Go By, directed by Wong Kar-wai. In 1989 alone, Lau appeared in 16 films, including the top-grossing blockbuster of the year, God of Gamblers, as "Michael "Dagger" Chan", a role he would reprise in the sequel the following year.
In 1991, Lau established his own production company, Teamwork Motion Pictures, with its first production being the martial arts film, Saviour of the Soul, which Lau starred as a mercenary in the same year, being a critical and commercial success. Throughout the 1990s, Lau starred in over 50 films which include his signature role as "Wah Dee" in 1990's A Moment of Romance, the Lee Rock film series (1991) as real life corrupt officer Lui Lok, the 1992 wuxia film, Moon Warriors, the 1995 biker film, Full Throttle and the 1999 Johnnie To-directed action thriller film, Running Out of Time, which won him his first Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor. In 1997, Lau also produced the Fruit Chan-directed drama film, Made in Hong Kong, which won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film.
In 2000, Lau starred as a Muay thai fighter in his 100th film, A Fighter's Blues, in which he also produced, and netted him the Golden Bauhinia Awards for Best Actor. In 2002, he starred as triad mole Lau Kin-ming in the highly acclaimed crime thriller, Infernal Affairs, a film considered to have "single-handedly revived the moribund Hong Kong film industry." Infernal Affairs grossed HK$55,057,176 at the Hong Kong box office, making it Lau's highest-grossing film in Hong Kong to date, and also earned Lau a Best Actor nomination both at the Hong Kong Film Awards and at the Golden Horse Awards. The following year, Lau starred in the sequel, Infernal Affairs III, which won him the Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor, and in the Buddhism-themed action thriller, Running on Karma, winning him his second Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor. The same year, Lau directed and starred in his only directorial feature to date, the musical short Love Under the Sun to raise awareness about AIDS and dispel common misconceptions regarding its contagiousness. In 2004, Lau renamed his company, Teamwork Motion Pictures, to Focus Group Holdings Limited, with its first film production being the crime film, Jiang Hu, which he also produced and starred as a triad leader who is a target of an assassination hit. The same year, Lau also made his first venture in the Mainland Chinese film market, starring in the wuxia film, House of Flying Daggers, which premiered at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, and the action drama A World without Thieves, with the two films being the second and third-highest-grossing films of the year at the Chinese box office respectively. In 2007, he played a drug lord in the crime drama film, Protégé, which won him the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.
In 2010, Lau played Di Renjie in Tsui Hark's Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame, which was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 2010 Venice Film Festival. The following year, he starred in Ann Hui 's A Simple Life, which won four awards at the 68th Venice Film Festival, as well as earning his third Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor and second Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor. In 2013, Lau produced and starred as morally-conflicted cop in the high-octane action film, Firestorm, which was also the first 3D film production he worked on. In 2016, Lau starred in his first Hollywood film, The Great Wall. In 2017, Lau produced and starred as a righteous bomb disposal officer in Shock Wave, which earned him another Best Actor nomination for at the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards. He returned in 2020 in the thematic sequel, Shock Wave 2, playing a different character greatly contrasting his role from its predecessor, and the film has grossed US$226.4 million worldwide, making it Lau's highest-grossing film at the global box office to date and was also the tenth-highest-grossing film of 2020.
Lau has received the "No.1 Box office Actor 1985–2005" award of Hong Kong in 2005, yielding a box office total of HK$1.7 billion for shooting 108 films in that period and was also awarded the "Nielsen Box Office Star of Asia" award by the Nielsen Company (ACNielsen) in 2007. Lau has been honored at different international film festivals for his achievements and contributions to the film industry, such as winning the "Asian Filmmaker of the Year" award at the 2006 Busan International Film Festival and receiving a Special Tribute award at 2023 Toronto International Film Festival where his satirical comedy film, The Movie Emperor, made its world premiere.

## Film

| Year | Title | Credited as | Credited as | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| Year | Title | Actor | Producer | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 1982 | Once Upon a Rainbow | Yes | No | Trainee | Cameo | |
| 1982 | Boat People | Yes | No | To Minh | | |
| 1983 | On the Wrong Track | Yes | No | Paul Chan | | |
| 1983 | The Home at Hong Kong | Yes | No | Alan Wong | | |
| 1984 | Everlasting Love | Yes | No | Eric | | |
| 1984 | Shanghai 13 | Yes | No | Guan Wei | Cameo | |
| 1985 | The Unwritten Law | Yes | No | Raymond Lau | | |
| 1985 | Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars | Yes | No | Associate of Muscles | | |
| 1986 | The Magic Crystal | Yes | No | Andy Lo | | |
| 1986 | Lucky Stars Go Places | Yes | No | Lambo | | |
| 1987 | Rich and Famous | Yes | No | Lam Ting-kwok | | |
| 1987 | Sworn Brothers | Yes | No | Lam Ting-yat | | |
| 1987 | Tragic Hero | Yes | No | Lam Ting-kwok | | |
| 1988 | As Tears Go By | Yes | No | Wah | | |
| 1988 | The Crazy Companies | Yes | No | Tsui Ting-kwai | | |
| 1988 | The Crazy Companies II | Yes | No | Tsui Ting-kwai | | |
| 1988 | The Dragon Family | Yes | No | Lung Ka-wah | | |
| 1988 | In the Blood | Yes | No | Wah | | |
| 1988 | Lai Shi, China's Last Eunuch | Yes | No | Han Ming | Cameo | |
| 1988 | The Romancing Star II | Yes | No | Lau Pei | | |
| 1988 | Three Against the World | Yes | No | Charlie Chan | | |
| 1988 | The Truth | Yes | No | Raymond Lau | | |
| 1988 | Walk on Fire | Yes | No | Lam Kwok-wah | | |
| 1989 | Bloody Brotherhood | Yes | No | Cheung Ka-wah | | |
| 1989 | Casino Raiders | Yes | No | Crab Chan | | |
| 1989 | China White | Yes | No | Roast Chicken | | |
| 1989 | City Kids 1989 | Yes | No | Sas | | |
| 1989 | Crocodile Hunter | Yes | No | Happy Chiu | | |
| 1989 | The First Time Is the Last Time | Yes | No | Yung | | |
| 1989 | God of Gamblers | Yes | No | Michael "Dagger" Chan / Little Knife | | |
| 1989 | Little Cop | Yes | No | Himself | Cameo | |
| 1989 | Long Arm of the Law Part 3 | Yes | No | Lee Cheung-kong | | |
| 1989 | News Attack | Yes | No | Turbo | | |
| 1989 | Perfect Match | Yes | No | Lok Ka-sing | | |
| 1989 | Proud and Confident | Yes | No | Lee Kin-wah | | |
| 1989 | The Romancing Star III | Yes | No | Lau Pei | | |
| 1989 | Runaway Blues | Yes | No | Lam Kong | | |
| 1989 | Stars and Roses | Yes | No | Lau Kai-cho | | |
| 1989 | The Truth - Final Episode | Yes | No | Raymond Lau | | |
| 1990 | Days of Being Wild | Yes | No | Tide | | |
| 1990 | Dragon in Jail | Yes | No | Henry Lau | | |
| 1990 | The Fortune Code | Yes | No | Wah Ying-hung | | |
| 1990 | Gangland Odyssey | Yes | No | Kit | | |
| 1990 | God of Gamblers II | Yes | No | Michael "Dagger" Chan / Little Knife | | |
| 1990 | A Home Too Far | Yes | No | Little Tu / Hua Chung-hsing | | |
| 1990 | Island of Fire | Yes | No | Iron Ball | | |
| 1990 | Kawashima Yoshiko | Yes | No | Fook / Cloud | | |
| 1990 | Kung Fu VS Acrobatic | Yes | No | Mo Tak-fai | | |
| 1990 | A Moment of Romance | Yes | No | Wah Dee | | |
| 1990 | No Risk, No Gain | Yes | No | Big Dee | | |
| 1990 | Return Engagement | Yes | No | Wah | | |
| 1991 | The Banquet | Yes | No | Himself | Cameo | |
| 1991 | Casino Raiders II | Yes | No | Chicken Feet | | |
| 1991 | Dances with Dragon | Yes | No | Lung Ka-chun | | |
| 1991 | Don't Fool Me | Yes | No | Hero Wah | | |
| 1991 | Hong Kong Godfather | Yes | No | York Koo | | |
| 1991 | The Last Blood | Yes | No | Big B | | |
| 1991 | Lee Rock | Yes | No | Lee Rock | | |
| 1991 | Lee Rock II | Yes | No | Lee Rock | | |
| 1991 | Saviour of the Soul | Yes | Executive | Ching | | |
| 1991 | The Tigers | Yes | No | Lau Chi-ming | | |
| 1991 | Tricky Brains | Yes | No | Che Man-kit | | |
| 1991 | Zodiac Killers | Yes | No | Ben Lee | | |
| 1992 | Casino Tycoon | Yes | No | Benny Ho | | |
| 1992 | Casino Tycoon 2 | Yes | No | Benny Ho | | |
| 1992 | Gameboy Kids | Yes | Executive | Yip Sin-man / Wong Kau-tai | | |
| 1992 | Gun n' Rose | Yes | No | Andy | | |
| 1992 | Handsome Siblings | Yes | No | Fishy | | |
| 1992 | Moon Warriors | Yes | Executive | Fei | | |
| 1992 | The Prince of Temple Street | Yes | No | Prince Twelve / Lee Rock | | |
| 1992 | Saviour of the Soul II | Yes | Executive | Ching Yan | | |
| 1992 | The Sting | Yes | No | Simon Tam | | |
| 1992 | What a Hero! | Yes | No | Yuen Tak-wah | | |
| 1993 | Days of Tomorrow | Yes | Executive | Fong Tak-sing | | |
| 1993 | Future Cops | Yes | No | Ti Man | | |
| 1993 | Come Fly the Dragon | Yes | No | Chow Chun-kit | | |
| 1993 | Perfect Exchange | Yes | No | Mandy Chin | | |
| 1994 | Drunken Master II | Yes | No | Chang Hsueh-liang | Cameo | |
| 1994 | Drunken Master III | Yes | No | Yeung Kwan | | |
| 1994 | A Taste of Killing and Romance | Yes | No | Ko Sau | | |
| 1994 | The Three Swordsmen | Yes | No | Siu Sam-siu | | |
| 1994 | Tian Di | Yes | Yes | Cheung Yat-pang | | |
| 1995 | The Adventurers | Yes | No | Wai Lok-yan | | |
| 1995 | Full Throttle | Yes | No | Joe | | |
| 1995 | Pocahontas | Yes | No | John Smith (voice) | | |
| 1996 | What a Wonderful World | Yes | No | San Chung-wah | | |
| 1996 | A Moment of Romance III | Yes | No | Lau Tin-wai | | |
| 1996 | Shanghai Grand | Yes | No | Ting Lik | | |
| 1996 | Thanks for Your Love | Yes | Yes | Wah | | |
| 1997 | Armageddon | Yes | No | Dr. Tak Ken | | |
| 1997 | Cause We Are So Young | Yes | No | Man at outdoor cafe | Cameo | |
| 1997 | Made in Hong Kong | No | Yes | — | | |
| 1997 | Island of Greed | Yes | No | Fong Kwok-fai | | |
| 1998 | A True Mob Story | Yes | No | Wai Kat-cheung / Cheung Dee | | |
| 1998 | The Conman | Yes | No | King | | |
| 1998 | The Longest Summer | No | Yes | — | | |
| 1999 | Fascination Amour | Yes | No | Albert Lai | | |
| 1999 | Prince Charming | Yes | No | Wah Dee | | |
| 1999 | The Conmen in Vegas | Yes | No | King | | |
| 1999 | Century of the Dragon | Yes | No | Lung Yat-fei / Fei-lung | | |
| 1999 | Running Out of Time | Yes | No | Cheung Wah | | |
| 2000 | The Duel | Yes | No | Yeh Cool Son | | |
| 2000 | Needing You... | Yes | No | Andy Cheung | | |
| 2000 | A Fighter's Blues | Yes | Yes | Mang Fu | | |
| 2001 | Love on a Diet | Yes | No | Fatso | | |
| 2001 | Fulltime Killer | Yes | Yes | Lok Tok-wah | | |
| 2001 | Dance of a Dream | Yes | Yes | Namson Lau | | |
| 2002 | Fat Choi Spirit | Yes | No | Andy | | |
| 2002 | The Wesley's Mysterious File | Yes | No | Wesley | | |
| 2002 | Infernal Affairs | Yes | No | Lau Kin-ming | | |
| 2002 | Golden Chicken | Yes | No | Himself | Cameo | |
| 2002 | Black Mask 2: City of Masks | Yes | No | Prophet (voice) | | |
| 2003 | Love Under the Sun | Yes | No | Bellhop captain | Short film; also director | |
| 2003 | Cat and Mouse | Yes | No | Zhan Zhao | | |
| 2003 | Give Them a Chance | Yes | No | Himself | Cameo | |
| 2003 | Running on Karma | Yes | No | Big | | |
| 2003 | Infernal Affairs III | Yes | No | Lau Kin-ming | | |
| 2003 | Golden Chicken 2 | Yes | No | Himself | Cameo | |
| 2004 | Magic Kitchen | Yes | No | Chuen Yao | | |
| 2004 | Jiang Hu | Yes | Yes | Hung Yan-chau | | |
| 2004 | McDull, Prince de la Bun | Yes | No | McBing (voice) | | |
| 2004 | House of Flying Daggers | Yes | No | Captain Leo | | |
| 2004 | Yesterday Once More | Yes | No | Mr. Thief | | |
| 2004 | A World Without Thieves | Yes | No | Wang Bo | | |
| 2005 | Wait 'Til You're Older | Yes | No | Chan Chi-kwong | | |
| 2005 | The Shoe Fairy | Yes | Yes | Narrator (voice) | | |
| 2005 | All About Love | Yes | Executive | Dr. Ko / Derek Hui | | |
| 2006 | I'll Call You | Yes | Yes | Muscle Guy / Warden 333 | Cameo | |
| 2006 | My Mother is a Belly Dancer | Yes | Yes | Adili | Cameo | |
| 2006 | A Battle of Wits | Yes | No | Ge Li | | |
| 2006 | Rain Dogs | No | Executive | — | | |
| 2006 | Crazy Stone | No | Executive | — | | |
| 2007 | Protégé | Yes | No | Lam Kwan | | |
| 2007 | Brothers | Yes | Yes | Chief Inspector Lau | | |
| 2007 | The Warlords | Yes | No | Zhao Erhu | | |
| 2008 | Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon | Yes | No | Zhao Zilong | | |
| 2009 | Look for a Star | Yes | No | Sam Ching | | |
| 2009 | The Founding of a Republic | Yes | No | Yu Jishi | Cameo | |
| 2010 | Future X-Cops | Yes | No | Kidd Zhou | | |
| 2010 | Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame | Yes | No | Di Renjie | | |
| 2010 | Gallants | No | Executive | — | | |
| 2011 | Shaolin | Yes | No | Hou Jie | | |
| 2011 | What Women Want | Yes | Executive | Sun Zigang | | |
| 2011 | The Founding of a Party | Yes | No | Cai E | Cameo | |
| 2011 | A Simple Life | Yes | Executive | Roger Leung | | |
| 2012 | Cold War | Yes | No | Philip Luk | Cameo | |
| 2013 | Switch | Yes | No | Xiao Jinhan | | |
| 2013 | Blind Detective | Yes | No | Johnston Chong | | |
| 2013 | Singing When We're Young | No | Yes | — | | |
| 2013 | Firestorm | Yes | Yes | Lui Ming-chit | | |
| 2014 | Golden Chicken 3 | Yes | No | Himself | Cameo | |
| 2015 | From Vegas to Macau II | Yes | No | Michael "Dagger" Chan / Little Knife | Mid-credits cameo | |
| 2015 | Lost and Love | Yes | No | Lei Zekuan | | |
| 2015 | Saving Mr. Wu | Yes | No | Mr. Wu | | |
| 2015 | Our Times | Yes | No | Himself | Cameo | |
| 2016 | The Bodyguard | Yes | Yes | Li Zheng-jiu | | |
| 2016 | From Vegas to Macau III | Yes | No | Michael "Dagger" Chan / Little Knife | | |
| 2016 | Mission Milano | Yes | Yes | Sampan Hung | | |
| 2016 | The Great Wall | Yes | No | Strategist Wang | | |
| 2016 | Railroad Tigers | Yes | No | Little boy's father | Cameo | |
| 2017 | Shock Wave | Yes | Yes | Cheung Choi-san | | |
| 2017 | The Adventurers | Yes | Yes | Dan Cheung | | |
| 2017 | Chasing the Dragon | Yes | Yes | Lee Rock | | |
| 2019 | The White Storm 2: Drug Lords | Yes | Yes | Yu Shun-tin | | |
| 2019 | Fagara | Yes | No | Kwok Tin-yan | Cameo | |
| 2020 | Find Your Voice | Yes | Yes | Joseph Yim | | |
| 2020 | Shock Wave 2 | Yes | Yes | Poon Sing-fung | | |
| 2021 | Detective Chinatown 3 | Yes | No | Q | Cameo | |
| 2021 | Endgame | Yes | Yes | Zhou Quan | | |
| 2023 | The Wandering Earth 2 | Yes | No | Tu Hengyu | | |
| 2023 | Red Line | Yes | No | Hell's Cat owner | Cameo | |
| 2023 | Moscow Mission | Yes | Yes | Vasily | | |
| 2023 | I Did It My Way | Yes | Yes | George Lam | | |
| 2023 | The Goldfinger | Yes | No | Lau Kai-yuen | | |
| 2023 | The Movie Emperor | Yes | Executive | Dany Lau | | |
| 2024 | Crisis Negotiators | Yes | Yes | Chan Tai-loi | Cameo | |
| 2024 | High Forces | Yes | Yes | Gao Haojun | | |
| 2024 | Cesium Fallout | Yes | Yes | Simon Fan | | |
| TBA | Hong Kong Land | Yes | Yes | Liu Kin | | |
| TBA | Angels of the Pandemic | Yes | Yes | Doctor | | |
| TBA | A Gilded Game | Yes | Yes | Todd Cheung | | |
| TBA | Raging Havoc | Yes | Yes | Fong Wing-chau | | |
| TBA | Made In Yiwu | Yes | No | | | |
| TBA | Sacred Seven | Yes | Yes | Sun Wukong | | |
| TBA | Shock Wave 3 | Yes | Yes | | | |

## Television series

| Year | English title | Chinese title | Role | Notes |
| 1981 | Till' We Meet Again | 江湖再見 | Lung | |
| 1981 | Hong Kong'81 | 香港八一 | Ngai Kim-sing | |
| 1981 | The Lonely Hunter | 過客 | Student | |
| 1981 | Double Fantasies | 無雙譜 | | |
| 1981 | Two People Three Feet | 二人三足 | Waiter | |
| 1981 | The Young Heroes of Shaolin | 英雄出少年 | Shaolin disciple | |
| 1981 | The Shell Game | 千王群英會 | Lung's bodyguard | |
| 1982 | Kid Troupe | 戲班小子 | Wan Hoi | |
| 1982 | The Restless Trio | 花艇小英雄 | Chin Yat-tim | |
| 1982 | The Legend of Master So | 蘇乞兒 | Man Tit-ho | |
| 1982 | The Emissary | 獵鷹 | Kong Tai-wai | |
| 1983 | My Way | 奔向太陽 | Lee Chi-ho | |
| 1983 | The Old Miao Myth | 老洞 | Tse Seung-cho | |
| 1983 | Crossroads: A Decision | 臨歧：決 | Ma Yat-ning | |
| 1983 | The Return of The Condor Heroes | 神鵰俠侶 | Yeung Kuo | |
| 1984 | The Duke of Mount Deer | 鹿鼎記 | Emperor Hong-hei | |
| 1984 | The Other Side of the Horizon | 魔域桃源 | Fu Ching-wan | |
| 1984 | The Return of Wong Fei Hung | 寶芝林 | Lam Sai-wing | |
| 1985 | Hong Kong '85 | 香港八五 | Ngai Kim-sing | |
| 1985 | The Last Performance | 鼓舞 | Yip Chin-lung | |
| 1985 | Take Care, Your Highness! | 皇上保重 | Emperor Kin-lung | |
| 1985 | The Yang's Saga | 楊家將 | Yeung Yin-chiu | |
| 1986 | The Heavenly Swordsman and the Spoiled | 聖劍天驕 | Kei Chun | |
| 1986 | Heir to the Throne Is... | 真命天子 | Koon Chung-yuen | |
| 1988 | Sky Wolf's Calmity | 天狼劫 | Pak Lung | |
| 1992 | Modern Love Story | 現代愛情戀曲 | Wai / Cheung (2 roles) | |
| 1992 | The Thief of Time | 羣星會 | Yeung Kuo | Cameo appearance |
| 2018 | The Trading Floor | 東方華爾街 | | Producer only |